TY - JOUR ID - 241381 TI - Exercise - Induced Bronchospasm in Soccer Players JO - TANAFFOS (Respiration) JA - RSPR LA - en SN - 1735-0344 AU - Ehteshami- Afshar, Amin AU - Asadian, Asadollah AU - Zahmatkesh, Mohammad Mehdi AD - Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hazrat Rasool Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, AD - Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Khorshid Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, IRAN Y1 - 2002 PY - 2002 VL - 1 IS - 2(spring) SP - 35 EP - 39 KW - Exercise-induced bronchospasm KW - Soccer player KW - FEV1 DO - N2 - Background: Exercise is one of the most prevalent predisposing factors of bronchospasm. Its symptoms may be merelydue to physical activities. Clear understanding of exercise-induced bronchospasm is essential to eliminate complicationsand achieve more effective treatment.Materials and Methods: The study population consisted of Tehran soccer-players. In this clinical trial, four soccer clubswere selected by cluster random sampling. The means of data collecting included history taking, physical examination,and the performance of spirometry tests at rests as well as 5 and 12 minutes after exercise.Results: One hundred soccer players were enrolled in this study with the mean age (±SD) of 20± 4.26 years old. Themean values of FEV1±SD measured at 5 minutes before as well as 5 and 12 minutes after a ten-minute continuosexercise were 4.15± 0.44, 4.13 ± 0.5, and 4.12 ± 0.49 liter respectively. These differences seem to be age related.12minutes after exercise, 6 players have shown reduced FEV1 (15-17%) in respect of resting value (4.78 ± 0.52 vs. 3.57 ± 0.33).Conclusion: The prevalence of exercise-induced bronchospasm was 6% in our study, comparable to 3-11% reported ofothers. The lower prevalence of exercise- induced bronchospasm in our study may be due to older study group, negativehistory of allergy and pulmonary diseases in our cases. (Tanaffos 2002; 1(2): 35-39) UR - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_241381.html L1 - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_241381_6dcf5297b41d97d86a71e637af9c5f15.pdf ER -